Speeding along the four-lane Sassari-Olbia state road 729, a 42-year-old driver from Gallura, driving a Mercedes toward Olbia, was intercepted by a Highway Police patrol from the Tempio Pausania detachment while traveling at 234 kilometers per hour.
His driving license was immediately withdrawn and suspended for up to 12 months, as well as a heavy administrative fine of up to two thousand euros and the deduction of 10 points.
The officers, stationed at a detection station with the Telelaser TruCam equipment, detected the car from over seven hundred meters away while it was traveling at a speed more than double the speed limit on that extra-urban stretch.
Due to the extremely high speed, the car's halt and stopping phases required great attention from the officers: in fact, the driver, despite sharply applying the brakes, was unable to stop at the designated lay-by, only stopping a little further ahead.
(Unioneonline)
